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The New York Budget Mess
A Blog For All —
$121 billion dollars in spending. That's still more than last year. If the state were truly serious at trying to hold spending to close the budget, it would make an attempt to keep state spending in line with last year. There's no pretense in doing so. Governor Paterson turns out to be nothing more than the usual tax and spend Democrat , whose spending is couched in the language of fiscal responsibility, but whose actions show that he is dedicated to spending prodigious amounts of taxpayer money - and money that simply isn't there. But it's the $4 billion in new fees and taxes ...
Economy Crusher: New York Proposes 88 New Taxes
JammieWearingFool —
Don't let David Paterson couching some of these taxes as fees distract you. A tax is a tax is a tax. And this will drive even more of the tax base out of New York. Gov. Paterson released a $121 billion slash-and-burn budget Tuesday morning that slams New Yorkers with 88 new fees and taxes - even on their iPods. Calling the budget the "greatest economic and fiscal challenge of our lifetimes," Paterson acknowledged his spending plan cuts deep. But he said the pain must be shared to deal with the fallout from the Wall Street collapse. The budget will cost the city an estimated ...
Sloophole? Slophole.
Daily Pundit —
Gov. David Paterson unveils dire New York State budget that includes new taxes, layoffs and cuts
The rich would pay more for luxury items through an additional 5% tax imposed on cars costing more than $60,000, aircraft costing more than $500,000, yachts costing at least $200,000 and jewelry and furs costing in excess of $20,000.
The last “yacht tax” just about put the boat-building business out of business. And didn’t raise an extra dime. In fact, it cost the government money.
George Will ...
Governor Paterson to impose “ipod tax”
Clareified —
Dude, can’t you see what this will do to our party in the next election cycle? Oh. Right. Mah bad.
Holy Cripes! New York Needs A “Boston Tea Party” … Or Godzilla
Pat Dollard | Young Americans —
Gov. David Paterson unveils dire New York State budget that includes new taxes, layoffs and cuts
By KENNETH LOVETT and GLENN BLAIN - DAILY NEWS
ALBANY - Gov. Paterson’s proposed $121 billion budget hits New Yorkers in their iPods - and nickels-and-dimes them in lots of other places, too.
Trying to close a $15.4 billion budget gap, Paterson called for 88 new fees and a host of other taxes, including an “iPod tax” that taxes the sale of downloaded music and other “digitally delivered entertainment services.” ...
Two Fat Ladies Singing for NY
Daily Pundit —
Gov. David Paterson unveils dire New York State budget that includes new taxes, layoffs and cuts
Gov. Paterson’s proposed $121 billion budget hits New Yorkers in their iPods - and nickels-and-dimes them in lots of other places, too.
Trying to close a $15.4 billion budget gap, Paterson called for 88 new fees and a host of other taxes, including an “iPod tax” that taxes the sale of downloaded music and other “digitally delivered entertainment services.”
“We’re going to have to take some extreme ...
VIA: Wednesday, December 17
AMERICAN DIGEST —
... Read my lips, 88 new taxes: Trying to close a $15.4 billion budget gap, Paterson called for 88 new fees and a host of other taxes, including an "iPod tax" that taxes the sale of downloaded music and other "digitally delivered entertainment services." - Gov. David Paterson unveils dire New York State budget [Only the beginning, folks, only the beginning. VIA: ...
Trickle-Down Misery in NY
Wizbang —
New York State is suffering in the wake of the recent financial meltdown. Really suffering. But fortunately for the residents of New York, their state government puts fairness first. Gov. David Patterson has just proposed an unprecedented plan for taking the financial misery of Wall Street brokerage and banking firms and spreading it evenly to everyone in his state. In order to make up for a projected $15.4 billion budget shortfall, Gov. Patterson is proposing over 80 new taxes and fees , including taxes on digital music and entertainment downloads (a so-calld "IPod tax"), a ...
iPod Tax?
Jules Crittenden —
... What’s he trying to do, energize the youth vote? David Paterson plans to tax the daylights out of New Yorkers to make up a $15 billion state budget shortfall. Daily News : Movie tickets, taxi rides, soda, beer, wine, cigars and massages would be taxed under Paterson’s proposal. It also extends sales taxes to cable and satellite TV services and removes the tax exemption for clothes costing less than $110. A lot of that looks like a “Sex In The City” tax. Throw in cereal and you have a ”Seinfeld” tax. I like the iPod one a lot. It’s kind of like a training-wheel tax for junior ...
The taxman cometh
Belmont Club —
There’s an old story about setting your hair on fire and then trying to put it out with a hammer. I forget the point. But Governor David Paterson of New York may recall the punch line now that he has proposed 88 new taxes to raise revenue in NY state, thereby seemingly negating the frantic economic stimulus that is being applied by other branches of government. The Daily News reports: Movie tickets, taxi rides, soda, beer, wine, cigars and massages would be taxed under Paterson’s proposal. It also extends sales taxes to cable and satellite TV services and removes the tax ...
When the going gets tough
Southern Appeal —
... ) @ 8:50 am New York raises taxes . I mean, why reduce the size of government when you can always just impose a greater tax burden on your citizens? ...
IN NEW YORK, taxing them down to their iPods….
Instapundit —
IN NEW YORK, taxing them down to their iPods.
Taxman - Mr. Paterson
Babalú Blog: an island on the net without a bearded dictator —
... TV tax, radio tax, clothing tax...and....a fart tax. People in New York will now be taxed $10 per fart and $ 20 for a SBD fart. You see folks, this is what happens when you let government grow and get out of hand. The money gets tight and you in deep doo doo. So you know what's gonna happen with this tax? New Yorkers will simply get their ipods in New Jersey or Connecticut or mail order and pay no sales tax. The new taxes won't cure anything except stifle commerce. Read about it here . Adieu infidels! Posted by Cigar Mike at December 17, 2008 09:03 AM Comments Post a comment
Where's the Austerity in This Budget?
A Blog For All —
... , and how it is supposed to raise $400 million a year. There's even an iPod tax, which would tax electronic downloads of music . That's all smoke and mirrors. Every last bit. This isn't an austerity budget. It's not even a budget that addresses structural problems with the state's revenue streams. It's a budget that simply doesn't increase as much as previous years' budgets did. It attempts to raise revenues to match the need for increased state spending. The Gov's proposal is spending $1.2 billion (some reports cite ...
Geese, Golden Eggs etc.
TigerHawk —
Thanks to Arthur Pigou,a number of prominent behavioral economists, and the fiscal profligacy of governments everywhere, I predict that the next few years will yield a bumper crop of nanny-statism in the form of sin, calorie and politically correct taxes. Exhibit I - iPod and soda taxes ...
Today on DT: Nepotism nation, Bribeovich goes jogging, and fun with Bush and Cheney
The Latest on Air America —
... Politico about his new piece entitled, "Nepotism Nation."
President Bush continues his round of exit interviews, and in doing so provides us with more hilarious audio to play and mock. We'll play that for you. And speaking of great audio, Governor Bribeovich spoke to the media in his jogging shorts today and provided more radio gold. We'll have that.
Also on tap...Environmentally-friendly holiday gifts, a debate over New York's proposed non-diet soda tax, and a man who had trouble getting a birthday cake for his son, just because ...
The iPod Tax: This is How We Win
The Next Right —
... The Daily News reports that the the Governor also wants to tax movie tickets, taxi rides, soda, beer, wine, cigars and massages. Clothes under $110 would also lose their tax exemption. Cable and Satellite TV would become subject to sales tax. ...
88 Reasons Not to Move to New York
FiveThirtyEight: Politics Done Right —
Governor Paterson wants to tax iPod downloads? ALBANY - Gov. Paterson's proposed $121 billion budget hits New Yorkers in their iPods - and nickels-and-dimes them in lots of other places, too. Trying to close a $15.4 billion budget gap, Paterson called for 88 new fees and a host of other taxes, including an "iPod tax" that taxes the sale of downloaded music and other "digitally delivered entertainment services." "We're going to have to take some extreme measures," Paterson said Tuesday after unveiling the slash-and-burn budget. The proposal, ...
